Markets Mt Vernon Grain Prices
Mt Vernon markets quote after noon prices for wheat at 1.66 per bushel old soybeans 3.31 shell corn 1.32 ear corn 1.30 new beans 2.92 per bushel. This market update lists commodities and prices observed in Mt Vernon.
11 Jul 1966
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1966
Page
1
Mt Vernon markets quote after noon prices for wheat at 1.66 per bushel old soybeans 3.31 shell corn 1.32 ear corn 1.30 new beans 2.92 per bushel. This market update lists commodities and prices observed in Mt Vernon.
Sarah Baldwin 75 of McLeansboro died at Good Samaritan Hospital at 3 55 p m Sunday Funeral set for 3 p m Wednesday at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro Rev Clair Clark officiating Friends may call after 3 p m Tuesday Burial in IOOF cemetery McLeansboro Survived by husband Joseph G Baldwin two daughters Florence and Burdyce a son Joseph G Baldwin Jr a sister Thelma Batton two brothers J E McKenzie and Dewey McKenzie and three grandchildren
Edgar Thomas 92 of Mc Leansboro died at 3 45 p m Sunday in a local nursing home Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Gholson Burial in Hebron Cemetery Hamilton County Friends may call at Gholson Funeral Home Born in Saline County August 26 1875 to William Riley and Sarah Lyons Thomas Married to Ora Lane who preceded him in death Survived by a brother James Thomas Buckner and a nephew Carl Thomas Christopher
Mary Emma Holmes 77 of 904 South 23rd street died at 12 15 p m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services were at 2 30 p m today Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Howard Flora officiating Burial at Memorial Garden cemetery She was born Genoa Illinois April 30 1889 daughter of Frank and Ida Tischler She married F E Holmes October 15 1907 in Genoa Survived by two daughters Edna Shuler Tecumseh Michigan and Barbara James Tucson Arizona and six grandchildren
Bertha Eda Martin 80 died at 5 00 p m Saturday at her Route 1 Waltonville home Funeral held 3 00 p m today Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser Rev Marsh Harpole officiating burial Maple Hill Cemetery Born October 27 1885 in Jefferson County daughter of Alva and Adeline Rogers Married Harl Martin in 1904 She survived by husband five sons two daughters three brothers one sister 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren
Lester Hopper 54 of RFD Belle Rive died this morning at Mt. Vernon State Tuberculosis Hospital. Born June 12, 1912 in Jefferson County, he was the son of T. E. and Florence Hopper. Survived by two brothers John Hopper of McLeansboro and Tommy Hopper of Mt. Vernon, and a sister Mrs. Victoria Bumpus of Bonnie. burial at Inn Funeral Home pending arrangements.
Lulu R Knollhoff 65 of 1000 George street died 9 05 pm Saturday at Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home Funeral services 11 am Wednesday Pulley Ace Summers officiating calling after 3 pm Tuesday burial Bethel Memorial cemetery She formerly worked at Good Samaritan Hospital Born Minelamotte Missouri April 6 1901 married to Arthur August Knollhoff who died January 29 1955. Survived by son Gene Konollhoff Reno Nevada daughter Elsie Ellis Mt Vernon two brothers John and Joe Womach of St Louis three sisters Flora Burgoon Union Mo Ruth Briner and Lillian Null both of St Louis and seven grandchildren
Graveside services for Lea G. Kergan 78 of Peoria are set for Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Elmwood Cemetery Centralia. The Rev I W Gibson Mt Vernon will officiate. The body lies in state at Richardson Chapel Wayne City after 6 PM today. She died July 6 at Methodist Hospital Peoria. Surviving are three brothers John Gibson Green Bay Ed Gibson Vandalia and Rev I W Gibson Mt Vernon and sister Margaret Golpin Peoria.
Sharron T. DuBois age 1, of Ashley, died at 6 00 am Sunday in Washington County Hospital Nashville. He was a retired L and N Railroad ticket agent in Ashley. Funeral at 200 pm Wednesday Hogan Funeral Home Ashley with Rev Ralph Totten officiating. Burial in Ashley Cemetery. Masonic rites at 800 pm Tuesday. Survived by wife Ollie Green, two sons Sibley Evansville Indiana Ralph Tulsa Oklahoma, six daughters Kathryn Sayer San Diego California Virginia Balbunza Albuquerque New Mexico Rubilee Werner St Joseph Missouri Maxine Fi emuth Springfield Alabama Norma Nelson Waukegan Betty Ketchum Port Angeles Washington, 21 grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Longtime Ashley Mason Lodge member and affiliated with Patton Commandery Andrew OD Webb Chapter Mt Vernon. Active in Ashley Methodist Church and Railway Telegraphers Union.
Funeral services for Milburn G. Moore, 51, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Pulley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bayne Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. today at Pulley Funeral Home. Moore died Saturday from injuries after a fall from a scaffold while painting an oil tank near Zachary Louisiana. He was born April 17 1915 in Wayne County, son of Clyde and Georgia Moore. He was a Moose Lodge member in Abilene Texas. Surviving are his parents Georgia Moore of 1303 Main St and Clyde Moore of Desert Hot Springs Calif, one brother Herman Moore of California and one sister Betty Lashbrook of Mt. Vernon.
James C Green 73 died at home in Ashley on a Saturday. Funeral services were set for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday with Lowell Pugh officiating. Burial will be in Green cemetery near Ashley. He was born March 3, 1893 in Blissville township, married Lillian Lampa February 23, 1921, and is survived by his wife, a son James A Green, a daughter Mary Kemper, two brothers Vernor and Harry, a sister Lulu Haun, and two grandchildren. He was a member of Mt Zion Baptist church.
Evelyn Bass Overton 72 of 829 Lamar died Saturday at Good Samaritan. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Corinthian Baptist Church with Rev. William Fuqua. burial Oakwood Cemetery. Parker Funeral Home transfer, calling hours 1–9 p.m. Tuesday. She was born May 10, 1894 in Vicksburg Mississippi and lived in Mt. Vernon 25 years. Married twice to Robert Bass and Clarence Overton, seven children, two sons in Washington DC, two daughters in Mt. Vernon, sister Franina Russell, brother Roosevelt Anstrong, 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her parents and several relatives preceded her in death.
A weekend spate of auto crashes across Illinois left at least ten people dead. Victims include Velma Harris 45 and Ronald Bollmar 38 from Mundelein in a Fox Lake area car truck collision. Torlef Polley 19 of rural Brodhead Wisconsin in a southeast of South Beloit crash. Ronnie Davis 4 who died after being struck in Chicago. John Highland 43 and Jerry Hallett 18 of Ransom in a crash east of Streator. Lucinda Ventura 70 of Chicago killed on U S 20 near Rockford with son Joseph 33 Maywood critically injured. Marcia Thomas 41 Belleville fatally struck. James L. McGill 57 Galatia died when his car struck a storefront in El Dorado. Teri Swegle 17 of Galesburg, a motorcycle passenger, died after a collision near Galesburg Friday night.
MT VERNON forecast shows Saturday 98 high 74 low with Sunday 108 and 71. Rain totals through Monday 0.09 inches, year to date 18.37 inches. Southern Illinois expected highs 89-93 with mid to upper 40s lows. hot, dry week with isolated thunderstorms and little daily change.
Mr and Mrs Donald McDowen Waltonville welcomed a son at 3 13 Sunday weighing seven pounds two and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Haynes 3308 Wildrose welcomed a daughter at 11 2 Saturday weighing eight pounds one half ounce. Mr and Mrs Bobby Liles RFD 1 welcomed a son at 1 05 Saturday weighing five pounds twelve ounces. Mr and Mrs Ronald Gibbs Ewing welcomed a daughter at 9 29 Saturday at Franklin County Hospital Benton weighing six pounds thirteen ounces named Tammy Leann. The mother is the former Miss Phyllis Sink of Belle Rive.
Andrew George Latta McNaughton of Canada dies in Montebello at age 80. A WWI Allied Army commander, he led the National Research Council, briefly served as defense minister, and chaired the International Joint Commission until 1962. He also helped develop the cathode ray compass for aviation.
Pillsbury posted prices at Wayne City for market close including Old Corn 1.34 Old Beans 3.34 Old and New Wheat 1.76 New Beans 2.91 New Corn 1.24. No further details provided.
Prices paid at Mt. Vernon Hog Market through 12 30 p.m. showed hogs $0.65 higher with top at 24.75 for 200 to 220 lb. hogs. Sows rose to 19.50 for 300 weight, down from earlier, while sows 300 weight and over were 19.25, down. Boars at 13.50 and 14.50. After 12 30 p.m. prices will be based on next day’s quotes.
AP dispatch from National Stockyards New Jersey lists estimated Tuesday numbers for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 5 500 with barrows and gilts 190 to 240 pounds 25.00 to 25.75 and sows 280 to 650 pounds 17.25 to 20.75. Cattle 5 500 with steers 23.00 to 25.00 and heifers 22.00 to 24.50, cows 15.50 to 17.50, calves 21.00 to 28.00. Sheep 700 with spring lambs 22.00 to 24.00 and ewes 4.00 to 7.50.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter steady to firm with wholesale buying prices unchanged to higher for various grades. Eggs show stability with wholesale buying prices flat across large grade A whites and other grades. Live poultry wholesale prices also unchanged, with roasters and special fed white rock fryers listed at specific cent-per-pound rates.
AP report from St. Louis shows egg grades A large 3436 A medium 24-2 A small 16-18 and wholesale standards 26 unclassified 24 with broilers and fryers at 29 29 percent.
Wall Street held a small advance in moderate trading as investors weighed rising interest rates and a flurry of strong second quarter earnings. The Dow rose 2.56 to 896.60 while the Nasdaq-like AP average gained 4 to 324.2, with gains in electronics, steels, drugs and tobaccos and a debut trade for Sperry Hutchinson on the NYSE.
The 1966 Jefferson County Share-The-Fun champions are the Homemakers and Loho-Pama Go-Getters 4H Club, who won at Casey Junior High School and will represent the county at the state fair. Master of ceremonies winner Gary W. Pierce will also go to the state fair, with alternates Michael Kent and Elaine Keele earning honors alongside numerous ratings in MC and talent contests.
The Liberty ship Paestum, formerly Samspeed and Cape York, sinks 23 miles south southeast of Cape Hatteras after a leak while attempting to reach Norfolk for repairs. The 32 crew abandoned ship and were rescued by the tanker Hess Petrol and later to be taken to a Coast Guard vessel off Cape Henry, Va. The vessel was laden with 9,496 tons of powdered phosphate on its voyage from Boca Grande, Florida to Italy.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.94 64n No 2 red 1.87 64n No 1 yellow corn 1.40M No 2 yellow 1.40 No 3 yellow 1.38 Oats No 2 heavy white 79n Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.56 44n Soybean oil 12.00n.
Tornadoes ripped through five Midwestern states Sunday night into today with reports of a demolished home in Wadena Minnesota a wrecked plane at La Crosse Wisconsin and a roof torn from a building near McHenry Illinois. Funnels sighted around Minneapolis Saint Paul and Chicago area while New England and Idaho endured storms and mudslides. No deaths or injuries reported but widespread power outages and property damage across Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky and Massachusetts. Streets U S 12 closed near Greer after mud and rock slides as hail piled up in Idaho and storms lashed New England and the bluegrass region. Fines list included several traffic violations in circuit court.
William Martin aged 70 of 812 Warren Avenue and Beatrice A. Robinson aged 65 of 915 Lamar. George Tait 46 of Route 1 Albion Dl and Jean Green 37 of Kirkland I. Frank Allen 75 of Alma TIL and Edith Bertha Hill 72 of Iuka Al.
A stated meeting of Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 233 Order of the Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday evening July 12 at 7 30 p m. Mary Blades W M Naomi R Bogan Secy.
Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce announces a new motorcycle sales services and rental outlet at 1701 South 10th Street operated by Harold Conner, a veteran in the motorcycle field formerly of Alton. He will handle BSA Hodaka Benelli and Montesa motorcycles. Conner is married and father of two. Negotiations for occupancy were completed by Realtor Harold Williams per the Chamber.
Oscar Gover, 27, of 1322 South 9th Street, was treated for a minor stab wound to the left shoulder Saturday night. He told police the wound was inflicted as he walked through an alley in south Mt. Vernon. Gover was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and could not identify the assailant or motive.
The record details numerous hospital entries admitting Jesse Edward Ellis and Bertha Hayes while discharging Floyd Todd and others. Entries cover many names and addresses including Georgia Mae Quinn Madge Daughbettee Lucille Dewey Joe Strong Fostina Ewing C E Williams Josephine McCowen Sarah Taylor Clare Alice Hagee Lena Cockrum Stacey Ellis Beatrice Martin Minnie Bechtel Betty Ruth Boyd Norma Liles Robert Braden Flora Maxey Marvin Heise Dorothy Winfreem James Webb Mary Ann Rollberg Jackie Cates Vera Klevorn Virgil Huffstuter Donna Schelosky Bessie Black Mattie Allen Jonetta Smart Dorothy Stewart Freida Bousman William Stroud Myrtle Beard Juanita Troutt William Hertenstein and more. The list mixes admitted and discharged patients with numerous addresses across Indiana and Illinois.
Tass reports the Soviet track and field teams will not play the United States this year in protest of the U S involvement in Vietnam. The scheduled July 23 24 meet in Los Angeles is canceled. An American basketball team trains in the United States for a Russia trip.
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